Stoney Creek - Burnaby BC

Please call 604-927-3500 if you see sediment in Stoney Creek from Coquitlam. It doesn't hurt to call Burnaby as well 604-294-7200. There have been three spill incidents recently. See the Photoblog for details.

1. Appeal court decision affirms protection for killer whales. The federal Court of Appeal has upheld a precedent-setting ruling that confirmed the federal government is legally bound to protect killer whale habitat. See Ecojustice press release.
2. DFO are working on a plan for Nooksack Dace. Come to the open house at Stoney Creek Community School on Thursday, February 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to tell DFO how improving the habitat and water quality for Nooksack Dace will benefit the whole watershed.

The Stoney Creek Restoration Project is in the final planning stage. We are using the $10,000 Hungerford Award, which Jennifer Atchison received and are applying for another grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation. The Stoney Creek Environment Committee is working with DFO Habitat Restoration Branch, the City of Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, and other partners.

Project Objectives:

1. To install 3 weirs between Beaverbrook Drive and Lougheed Highway to aid fish passage and provide some additional salmonid spawning habitat.
2. To refurbish the inlet and outlet to reconnect an existing off-channel rearing habitat to Stoney Creek just south of the Lougheed Highway.

The work will take place in the first two weeks of August, 2102. For a printable version download the Project Location map [PDF 7MB] For more information email stoneycreek (at) handshake.ca.

Elmer Rudolph of the Sapperton Fish and Game Club won the Salmon Hero Award from the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the Fraser Basin Council.

Paul Z. Cipywnyk was featured in the Burnaby Now and Vancouver Sun about the spawners in Byrne Creek

Alan James predicted some progress as Burnaby City begins its environmental sustainability review this spring.

Thanks to all the volunteers at Stoney Creek for counting our returning salmon. The teams were led by Alan Russell and Roger Dyer and included John, Miki, Jonathan, Lidia, Geraldine, Jennifer, Les, Chung, and Keats. Together they put in about 110 person-hours from October 9 to January 8. The results show a very good return for both Chum and Coho, but a disappointing Pink return. Both the Coho and Chum runs ran quite late. The totals for both live and dead fish were:
2011 Coho 167 Chum 619 Pink 4

For details, see 2011 Spawner Counts